Game



Patented July 12, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

mnron J. MoGOLM, or s roux CITY, IOWA.

Application filed January 25, 1926. Serial No. 83,608.

vide such a game in which a board having a representation of a golf course printed thereon is provided, with a number of rows of openings, each row corresponding to the flight between a tee and-a hole on the course,

and the openings being adapted to receive pegs for marking the progress along the course.

Another object is to provide such a game in which greens are formed near the ends of the rows of openings opposite the toe, the features of the game being so arranged that it is possible to cross the green with an approach shot and to thereby find it necessary to use another approach shot in coming back to the green.

More particularly, it is my object to provide conditions approaching as nearly as possible to the variation between drive and put-t. shots on the fairway and green, respectively, of an outdoor course, the drive bein madein yardages of much greater value than those of the putt shots, and yet the same cards being used to determine the length. of both, thus simplifying the game.

'Another object is to provide a game in which the player will have to calculate dis tances the same as in the outdoor game.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my device, whereby the objects con- I 7 templated are attained, as" hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in'the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the game board used in connection with playing my game.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view throughthe board, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. '3 illustrates a yardage. Fig. 4 strokes.

peg used for tallying illustrates a peg used for tallying Fig. 5 shows the final oal marker.

Fig. 6 is a side view 0 the same.

Fig. 7 illustratesthe score card.

Fig. 8 shows one suitof the deck of cards used in connection with and Fig. 9 illustrates the ace cards of the other three suits of said deck.

playing the game,

There are thirteen standard golf clubs used in playing the outdoor game of golf. My invention'is built around the idea of prov'iding a game which utilizes the thirteen cards of each suit of an ordinary deck of playing cards and allowing each of said cards to represent one of said thirteen clubs:

By providing a board laid out as a miniature golf course, the cards can then be played in such a manner that a card bearing a high index value, and. thus corresponding to a club having a long driving range, can be played by a player to whom such card has been dealt, in order to give said player a drive upon the board of a yardage determined by the index value of said card.

Thus, in selecting a card'for a long drive and in using the club indicating name of' that card, a player would become acquainted with the name of a club correspondingly used for a long drive on the regular course.

The game board. is shown at 10 in Fig. 1, and a representation of a miniature golf course is printed thereon. 11 represents a club-house from which the game commences. The tees are shown at A A from one end of the course to'the other. Bows-of openings,.at B B B mark the fairways.

Greens, C C CF, of'varying widths are interposed in the rows,- B B B near the ends opposite the tees, and'are of varying radii, as shown. For instance, the ra-' dius of green, C is sevenyards. This is determined by subtracting the distance from the tee to-the green, which is two hundred ten yards, as indicated by the numerals, 12, opposite the openings, B from the total distance from the tee to the hole,,D which is indicated by the numeral 13 (217' yards) printed on the tee, A The characters, 14, indicate that the par distance of the hole is three shots. I It will later be seen thatv the player must continually calculate in order to determine what cards to play in making'his shots.

I will now explainthe use of the cards.

In Fig. 8 I have shown the cards of one given the following values on the fairway and on the green, respectively:

Yardage on Yardage on Card (airway green Golf club 10 yards 1 yard Putter. 20 yar 2 yar s Jigger. 30 yar 3 yar N 1blick. yards 4 yards Pitcher. I yards 5 yards Mash e mblick. wyar s 6 yar Mashie. 70 yar 7 yar Mid maslne. 80.yar 8 yar Mid iron. 90 yards 9 yards Driving iron. 100 yar 10 yar Cleek. 140 yards 0 yar Spoon. 170 yar 0 yar Brassie. 200 yar 0 yards Driver.

When playing on the green all cards except thejacks, queens and kings are used as putters, and the index of a particular card denotes the distance in yards which the pla ing of that card will give as a putt.

In paying the game the cards are shuffled and dealt, one at a time, to the players in rotation until all. the cards are dealt. Two, three or four players can play with a single deck of cards. Four is the ideal combination.

In the ordinary game of golf the game is commenced by what is known as driving or teeing 0E, and this is repeated at each hole. In my game I provide a similar feature. After the cards .have been dealt the players play in rotation, each attempting to take the trick consisting of the four cards played by all of the players. The trick is taken by the highest card, the values in taking this first trick being the same as in whist.

This first trick is called the drive or tee oif. The player. taking the trick adds the drive counting value of the cards as exlained hereinbefore and divides the total y two. His drive in yardage will be the nearest multiple of tenbelow the value so obtained. r

For example, the first player pla s a jack,

I :thevalue of which is 140 yards; t e second half of which is 19 5. The drive for the player plays a 10, the value of which is 100 yards; the third player plays a 9, counting 90, and. the fourth player plays a 6, the value of-which is 60. The total is 390, oneplayer taking the trick is thus 190.

The dealer plays first.

Having made a 190 yard drive the player whohas just taken the trick then takes one of the pegs shown in Fig. 3 and places it in the 190 yard opening, B

It may be mentioned here that one of the scoring boards, 10, is provided for each of the players,

The players then play a second trick and another player attempts to take the trick and thus secure a drive. If the player who has already driven takes the second trick, he must submit to a penalty of the loss of a shot withoutincreasing his progress upon the course. Tricks are taken until all four players have made a drive, and from then on each player scores a drive which corresponds to the card played by him. For instance, the player making the first drive of 190 yards, finds that he holds the following cards in his hand after the first trick has is 20 yards. However, if he plays the 2 of spades he finds that he has a distance of 7 yards from the edge of the green to the hole, and he 'has'no combination of cards in his hands which, added together, will give him a yardage of 7 tomake the hole. Any card above the 2 will take him entirely across the green. Hefinds-that by playing the 5 of clubs he will drive 30 yards to the other side of the green. Then, by playing the 4 of hearts on the next trick he will drive into the green, but not across the green.

At this point another rule of the game may be mentioned, which provides for a combination of the drive scoring values with the'putt scoring values on such an approach shot where theapproach drive lands within the green but does not cross it. In such a case the player may count in addition to the yardage from the edge of the green toward the hole corresponding to the putt value of the card.- In the instance above mentioned, the player would thus drive back onto the green from the other side and drive toward the'hole a distance of 4 yards with the 4 of hearts. From this position a putt of 3 yards is necessary, andbyv playing the 2 of spades and then the ace of hearts the hole is made.

Suit must be followed in order to count the full valuepf the card in each drive or putt shot. If suit is not followed and a card of another suit is thrown oil, the term dubbing the stroke is used, and a drive or putt of one-half the normal drive or putt value of the card is tallied.

On the tee 011' if a player does not take a Ibo pegs shown in Fig. 4 is placed in one of the openings, 15. When playing on the green the peg which has been used in showing the drives in the openings, B is left at the edge of the green and another peg as shown in Fig. 3 is placed in the opening, 16, to indicate the number of yards made on each putt.

After each hole has been played by all of the players the cards are redealt and a new tee off is had from the next tee.

It will now be seen that in playing a hole the player must calculate the yardage and play his hand so as to save the cards necessary for putting on the green.

If a player past the end 0 a row of openings, 1 B

- he must lose a stroke and go back to where he was at the last play.

Each time a player makes a distance it is counted a stroke and should be tallied on the count board in an opening, 15.

Should a player land in a hazard, as

shown on the board at 17 he loses a stroke until all the players are on the reen before him any penalty.

playing further. His waiting oes not give "If the player putts off the green after havingonce landed on the green, he must lose his stroke'as an approach and start putting again as though he were on the edge of the green.

After a player has holed out, he is through playing that hole and does not play any more hands. The last player to utt out must be able to figure out a com ination in his own hand which will permit him to hole out. The number of cards that make u this combination indicate the number of a ditional strokes that it will take him to hole' out.

It will be seen that the fairway is played in a manner different from that of playing the tee off or drive. After the driye a player holding a ten-spot, for instance, will be sure of a drive of 100 yards for that card, providing he can follow suit, and if he cannot follow suit he will be sure of a drive of fifty yards.

After the drives, on the fairway, the

player farthest behind leads the playing.- 1 This gives an advantage to the player who is behind,in allowing to designate suit and be sure of obtaining the full valueof any card he may play. In this respect, the etiquette of the outdoor game is also followed.

By varying the metho of play on the tee off, fairway and green, the game is made more interesting, and requires more thought in the selection of cards to be played.

goes out of bounds b playingv Some changes may be made in the .con- I struction and arrangement of the partsof with a deck of cards having a plurality of suits, the cards of each suit having consecutively lncreasing values, said board having represented thereon, a fa1r-way, a

green and a hole within said green, the fairway comprising a line of spaced indicating elements, some ofwhich are labelled to indicate their distance from the beginning of the fair-way, said indicating elements being terminated at one edge of thegreen'and continued beyond the green from the other edge mining the width of the green whereby said cards may be played, one by one, to indicate drives on a fair-way, the length of which may be recordedby means of said indicating elements and whereby thecards may serve by playing either into or entirely across the green to indicate putts or overdrives, until a card may be played from one side or the other of the green, which will correspond exactly to the distance from the point last attained to the hole within the green.

2. In a game to be played with a deck of cards having a plurality of suits, cards of each suit having consecutively increasing values, aboard having represented, thereon,

a plurality of greens, a fair-way for each green comprising a line of spaced indicating elements, some of which are numbered to designate their distance from the beginning of the fair-way, said line of indicating elements terminating at the edge of each green and being continued on the other side therethereof, and an indicating character deterof, from the other edge thereof, a hole within each green and an indicating character to designate the width of each green, the greens being of different Widths whereby said cards may be played, one at a time to indicate drives which may be recorded by means of said indicating elements and whereby the cards may be further played to indicate putts or drives in either direction within oracross the green until a card may be played which corresponds exactly to the distance from the point last reached to the hole with in the green.

Signed at Woodbury of January, 1926.

. MILTON J. MGCOLM.

Sioux City, in the county of and State of Iowa, this 19th day 

